"The two years since she bought the property and 10 hectares of land for 130,000 have been taken up with making the house weather-proof, blocking windows with Perspex, putting in a wood-burning fire and a stove and filling it with her many possessions."

So, that's bought a shed which she could not stay in. Wierd, 30 years enforcing the law, retire on a chunky wedge then - poof! - laws no longer apply.

Oh she pleas poverty a lot.

Anymuch, whinging about this and that. Column in the YP - the new Hannah Hauxwell. Much housing of stray animals - most of which go round eating the moors wildlife.

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"The two years since she bought the property and 10 hectares of land for 130,000 have been taken up with making the house weather-proof, blocking windows with Perspex, putting in a wood-burning fire and a stove and filling it with her many possessions."

Only in a late 2004 bubble getting completely out of control would anyone pay £130,000 for that place in that isolated location.

Even now it has permissions and what not, still lacking so much including mains water, gas, electricity and sewerage.

Unless Yarnbury Grassington is really in special demand, can't see her getting anywhere near £130,000 for it. It's nothing but a basic shelter in nowhere. Can't see it being worth much more than its agricultural land value.

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Only in a late 2004 bubble getting completely out of control would anyone pay £130,000 for that place in that isolated location.

Even now it has permissions and what not, still lacking so much including mains water, gas, electricity and sewerage.

Unless Yarnbury Grassington is really in special demand, can't see her getting anywhere near £130,000 for it. It's nothing but a basic shelter in nowhere. Can't see it being worth much more than its agricultural land value.

All she needs is leccy and water. Many places out in the stick use calor gas or oil, and lack of mains drains is not unusual, you just get the tank pumped out once a month.

Getting planning consent on any land effectively quadruples it's price... so she paid over the odds when she bought the place.

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different car too - unless that belongs to the EA. could have done without the inside pictures though unless some hapless buyer will be drooling over the character and loves the homely touch of the 'feral' looking dog.

could leave the boomer out of the title - think that word is largely irrelevant

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different car too - unless that belongs to the EA. could have done without the inside pictures though unless some hapless buyer will be drooling over the character and loves the homely touch of the 'feral' looking dog.

the only people who would want this are people who do not realise that there is no housing shortage North of the Watford Gap- it's f00king cold in the Yorkshire countryside in winter - there's a reason why people huddle together in towns unless they absolutely HAVE to be isolated (ie you are a working farmer)

Edited September 17, 2012 by Si1

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A bit of a lazy effort from Sue Woodcock IMO. She isn't attempting to keep up much of the property or the land, yet what bit she does use (particularly the outside) looks like a rubbish dump. I would at the very least have got the land surrounding the cottage tip top...it doesn't cost any money just a bit of graft. Surely you buy these type of properties with a bit of effort in mind.

Edit. I suppose I tend to forget we bestow heroism on ladies that live in disarray....it certainly worked for Hannah Hauxwell also from Yorkshire.